ICT Integrated into One-to-One Tutoring: From Face to Face to Online

Author

Chung, Yu-Min ; Young, Shelley Shwu-Ching ; Lien, Tuan-Ni

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. Syst. & Applications, National TsingHua Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

5-7 July 2006

Firstpage

568

Lastpage

570

Abstract

"The center for online e-tutoring" in "EduCities" is playing a pioneering role in Taiwan. This project aims to provide a channel and an opportunity for the disadvantaged minorities to get much educational supports by information communication technology (ICT). In this preliminary study, the foci are on the working condition about an online real time human tutoring environment with XLearn, learning and perceptions from the users, e-tutors and e-tutees after practices. The findings indicated that in the examination-oriented educational context, the preferred instructional style is tutor-centered. In addition, e-tutors\´ online tutoring skills were influenced by their previous tutoring experiences in the physical world

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; EduCities; XLearn; examination-oriented educational context; face to face tutoring; information communication technology; instructional style; one-to-one tutoring; online e-tutoring; online real time human tutoring environment; Aging; Communications technology; Context; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Face; Home computing; Humans; Information systems; Libraries;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2006. Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kerkrade

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2632-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2006.1652505

Filename

1652505